About this Event
Introducing Loving Kindness in a practical way with 5 sessions of guided meditations
“Hate does not dispel hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible.”
The Buddha
The Buddha taught Loving Kindness as an antidote to fear. Through this practice, we can experience a heart and mind less restricted and affected by anxiety, stress and unhappiness, and more able to find peace, connection and strength—no matter what life throws at us.
Loving Kindness helps us to connect with unconditional love—the potential we all have to hold ourselves and others with genuine respect, care and goodwill.
But love isn't an on/off switch. Nor is it something we can force to happen. The practice of Loving Kindness is a gradual journey that enables us to awaken and explore this quality, in our own way and at our own pace.
Over these 5 sessions, you'll follow a step-by-step, tried-and-tested sequence of Loving Kindness, with each stage of the practice opening to and enabling the next.
This course is open to all
If you're new to Loving Kindness, meditation, or Buddhism generally, perhaps you're looking for a good place to start? This is for you.
If you're familiar with meditation, perhaps you're curious about what comes next? Or about how love and compassion figure in the Buddhist path as a whole? This is for you.
If you're a more experienced practitioner, perhaps you've connected with Loving Kindness practice in the past, but life is busy, and you'd like to reconnect. This is for you.
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About our meditation courses
In addition to presentation, discussion and meditation practice, these popular Friday evening courses are also a great way to meet others and to benefit from a shared journey of learning and discovery!
“Excellent courses, designed not just to teach meditation but a new relationship to oneself, life, and others. Thoughtful, loving and nurturing.”
“It's been a treat to be immersed in so much peace on a weekly basis while learning some solid foundations for a meditative practice.”
“Easily the best part of my week and unquestionably one of the most important things I have discovered in my life to date.”
“A very stimulating and thought-provoking programme.”
What you'll get
- practices and reflections guided by meditation teachers with many years of experience
- practical suggestions to bring your practice and insights into everyday life
- guided meditations to support your practice at home
- and much more
Open to all 18+ . Younger adults are welcome if attended by a responsible adult.
No experience needed.
Suggested donation: £50
Financial hardship: if the above suggested amount is not feasible for you, please donate an amount that is affordable. All donations are gratefully received as they enable us to continue to run events.
Places limited. Booking is required.
Dates and times: Five sessions, running weekly on Friday evenings from 17th April to 15th May, from 7.30pm to 9pm including tea break.
Venue: The Open Door, Church Twitten (next to 32 High Street), Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2LU
Click here for directions to The Open Door.
Sorry, there is no disabled access at this venue.
This course is an in-person only event, and will not be accessible online.
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Run by Rigpa South Downs, part of Rigpa UK.
The course is also part of our ongoing programme exploring fundamental understandings and practices of the Buddhist path. For more details on our local Dharma programme, see our online events calendar here.
Health and well-being
Please note: meditation is not a substitute for medical treatment. If you are receiving treatment for a mental or physical health condition please continue your treatment and check with your doctor/care professional if this event would be suitable for you.
If you have specific support needs as a participant please contact our team at [email protected]
Agenda
More about our meditation courses
Info: Our 'Meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition' courses run regularly throughout the year.
Each course in the series explores a key understanding and practice of the Buddhist path, running side-by-side with a gradual, experiential journey in 'calm-abiding' meditation, the foundational practice of meditation in Buddhist training.
Each course gives guidance on the principles and practical basics of meditation practice, and is open to anyone curious about Buddhism, meditation or their own mind. Over the course of the year, as well as meditation itself, these courses cover core Buddhist topics such as:
The vision behind meditation: what's the point of sitting still?
Loving Kindness: the revolutionary practice of the heart.
Training in compassion: what happens when we think more of others?
Reflecting on change: making friends with uncertainty.
Interconnectedness: dissolving the illusion of separateness.
Exploring different methods of meditation: different strokes for different folks.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Open Door, 32 High Street, Lewes, United Kingdom
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